Truth be told,
resistance must begin at the state & local level. Organizations likeflippable.orgare
working hard to flip state legislatures to blue, but to be successful, we
all have to pitch in. It's worth knowing that the Resistance Manualhttps://www.resistancemanual.org/Resistance_Manual_Home has
state-level sites -- we can just type our home state into the search
window. Every state's site offers up-to-date, crowdsourced information on
state legislation currently under consideration, when local elections are
coming up, and a wealth of state-specific facts relating to current
political issues (e.g. "Washington
has 35 Planned Parenthood centers"). Let's make a point
of calling our *state* officials (governors, mayors, etc.) to let them
know we are paying attention to what they do: their actions are the most
likely to affect our everyday lives. As the Resistance Manual suggests,
"stay woke."

The family of
Jordan Edwards has broken their silence, and they are now speaking up
about what has happened: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/jordan-edwards-family-speaks-out/While the Justice Department has
launched an investigation into the killing of Jordan, let's make sure that
this story does not slip into the wayside, and that the former officer is
held accountable for his actions http://theatln.tc/2qDyN8G
MomsRising has a form letter that we can send to District Attorney Faith
Johnson, recommending specific steps that can be taken to ensure that this
does not happen again: http://bit.ly/2qHpqHt

The Congressional Budget
Office is expected to release the score for the latest version of the AHCA
thisWednesday,
May 24th. The House Republicans are aiming to meet the budgetary
limits required to be able to win with a simple majority vote in the
Senate: https://bloom.bg/2qyiDjHLet's keep calling our MoC, letting them know that AHCA is
NOT the answer we need in healthcare. We can also join Indivisible Guide's
Facebook Live event at8:30pm ETthis Thursdayto
discuss the CBO score and it's implications: https://www.facebook.com/indivisibleguide/

The US denied visas to gay men from
Chechnya seeking asylum from imprisonment, torture and death.
Lithuania has started granted them asylum. https://euobserver.com/lgbti/137976 Let's thank Linas
Linkevicius, the Lithuanian foreign minister, by writing to him in care of
the Lithuanian embassy: Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, 2622 16th St
NW, Washington DC 20009-4202.
Let’s also contact our MoCs to find out why we are not granting
these visas from men who face certain death.

The window for public
comments on the opening of Bears Ears and other national monuments to Big
Oil closesMay
26th. Friends of the Earth makes it easy for us to let Ryan
Zinke and the Department of the Interior what we think:http://action.foe.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/

Hands
Off is a campaign dedicated to stopping cuts to people’s health care,
disability benefits, nutrition assistance, and other basic living
standards in the upcoming congressional budgets. We are asked to share our stories of how Trump’s pending
cuts will impact us: https://handsoff.org/

Winning back
state legislatures is crucial to stopping Trump and the Republicans - it
will help us win elections up and down the ballot by blocking attempts to
restrict voting rights and making sure districts aren't gerrymandered to
help Republicans win more than their fair share of seats. One of the most
important legislative elections in the country this year is in Virginia,
where we have a chance to take back the General Assembly (http://www.vagazette.com/news/va-vg-cns-voter-id-0517-20170517-story.html). We can help turn out Democratic voters
in Virginia by taking part in this postcard-writing campaign: www.postcards4va.com/.

GovTrack is a
convenient way to keep track of what’s happening in Congress. The House of
Representatives will be voting on 24 bills and resolutions this week.
Let's stay informed by checking them out using GovTrack: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/
Remember: bill titles can be deceptive so read the descriptions carefully.

Petitions to Sign

In
addition to making sure our Representatives have signed the discharge
petition for the Protecting Our Democracy Now Act of 2017, we can also
sign CREDO Action's petition: http://bit.ly/2rtjOBvLet's make sure our Representatives are
placing country over party!

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Rogan’s List is a daily, thoroughly vetted action list for people who are unhappy with the current administration and who want to become more politically involved, but do not have time for the research. The compiler, Susan Goodrich Rogan, is a retired librarian who has worked in university, community college, and elementary school libraries. She is the mother of eleven and the grandmother of nine..